Good morning, New York/New Jersey-area sports fans! A mixed bag of pleasure and pain Wednesday night, depending on which regional teams you root for.
↵A really painful night for New York Rangers' fans. The eighth-seeded Rangers led, 1-0, late in their NHL playoff series opener against the Washington Capitals, but could not hang on. The Caps won in overtime, 2-1. That hardly wreck the Rangers' chances of an upset in this series, but it certainly would have given them a leg up.
↵Memo to the New York Mets: Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies is good, you might want to stop pitching to him. Tulowitzki was the star Wednesday for the second straight day -- hitting a game-changing three-run home run -- as the Rockies defeated the Mets, 5-4.
↵The New York Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics, 112-102. A painful loss? Not really. It was a meaningless end to the regular season, and no one got hurt. The Knicks have the pleasure of starting an NBA playoff series against Boston on Sunday.
↵The New Jersey Nets ended a mostly painful season with a 97-92 loss to the Chicago Bulls.
↵The New York Yankees had the pleasure of watching A.J. Burnett spin six shutout innings in a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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